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drawing ability; skill at art

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confrontation; showdown

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corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department

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artistic taste; aptitude for painting; ability to appreciate art; desire to paint

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to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence

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Shiriagari Kotobuki (1958-)

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Saibara Rieko (1964.11.1-)

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this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

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loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness

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rising intonation; upward inflection; rising tendency; upward trend; feet-first somersault hanging from the horizontal bar

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to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

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cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka

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to achieve success

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custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example

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to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of

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Ryouichi

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Inoue Takehiko (1967.1.12-)

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Slam Dunk (manga series)

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last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)

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basketball

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real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)

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basket; basketball; basket cloth

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to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone

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successful person

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civilization; civilisation; enlightenment

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every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)

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secondary; subordinate

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overwhelming

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high praise; great admiration; rave reviews

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vagabond

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volume 1; first volume

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to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye

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sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time

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to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch

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evolution; progress

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form; method; system; formula

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honorific/polite/humble prefix

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ultimatum

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to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor

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long ago; already; a long time ago

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retirement age; (arch.) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion

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depending on the situation; depending on circumstances

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beyond this point; from now on; after this

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supply; supplying; replenishment

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source; origin

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summer

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Koshien Stadium, a baseball stadium in Koshien which is the venue of the annual high school baseball tournaments; High school baseball in Japan, the tournaments generally referred to as Kōshien, named after the stadium; Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, a neighborhood of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan

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high-school baseball player

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having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance

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the end

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